Step lively @ 150 Worth in Palm Beach

Over the summer, The Goodman Co., owners of the 150 Worth shopping center, decided to replace a 20-plus-year-old one-way-up escalator at the property with a more convenient and lower maintenance stairway.

This week, the scaffolding and construction fence came down, and workers this morning were putting the final touches on the new, curved vertical means of accessing the second level shops, restaurant and salon at 150 Worth.

A construction worker on the site said that shoppers should be able to take the stairs later this afternoon,

The old escalator, for those familiar with the center, always seemed to be under repair, maybe because such mechanical specimens are not meant to be exposed to the elements.

Also, it was a little confusing, considering it was an up-only situation.

The traditional, logical dictate, “what goes up must come down,” did not apply.

So, the new stairway, which has no moving parts to deal with and allows for up-and-down movement, makes great sense.